Dragon Quest V for PS2 - Updated with Scan!(10/29/03)

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Originally Posted by Johnny Undaunted

Blah Blah! Yeah, I knew that. But what does this have to do with a GBA port? Heartbeats didn't develop the original NES game, only the PS1 remake. Enix could just have another team remake the game on the GBA ,make it more like the NES original, but have the added features from the PS1 remake.

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Yeah, I guess I was a little too hasty in dismissing the idea. After all, the first 3 games received handheld ports 7 and 5 years (respectively) after the SFC remakes were done. It's a possibility on GBA, I guess.

my understanding is that heartbeat disbanded.. not that they took the engine and left.

whenever i think of DWVII i get vaguely ill.

i liked what i played of V back in the day, though, and VIII looks nice, so i'll give both of them a shot.

I get kind of melancholy at the thought of a remake of V happening in Japan for a next gen console, when we never got the original localized over here and may not get the remake either :(

Looks interesting that their converting the 2D DQV Super Fami to 3/4 view 3D for PS2, definitely looking good, tho, and should be an interesting play. :)

....i hope the remake of 6 ends up on the 8 engine. that would be nice. damn these epic ass games. so many hours...

I really tried to like DQ6. It had so much going for it, but like... yeah.

oooh! so it's all 3D? looks nice!

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Originally Posted by Ragnarok the Red

I get kind of melancholy at the thought of a remake of V happening in Japan for a next gen console, when we never got the original localized over here and may not get the remake either

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things have changed significantly since 1991. i think we have a great chance.

also, square has been really good about putting out this kind of stuff in the past, in general. the square enix USA office is essentially the same as the square office of the PS-era, so i'd think they'd look upon this sort of thing favorably.they just put out FF origins a few months ago, after all.

and, especially as they're trying to rebuild this brand in the US, and DWVII did pretty well. i mean, you can say it did shitty compared to japan (duh) but it did really well for an awful-looking, archaic RPG really late in the PS1's lifespan.

The JP release is getting closer.

New screens - Polygon
More screens - GamesAreFun
Yet more screens - RPGamer

And for dessert:

Preview movie (WMV format, 3.8MB)

:_) It's so silky-smooth compared to 7. I'm going to go apeshit if Squenix doesn't release it outside of Japan.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Retarded amount of combat and leveling and generally lame battle system sucked all the fun out of it. I've had this problem with every DQ, and I doubt 8 will change it unless they ditch the battle system.

Damned series just refuses to evolve. I don't care about the story. I can read a book without being interupted by some inane "strategic" excercise every time I need to turn the page, and I don't find anything remotely appealing about the gameplay.

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Um, DQ5 was the first to introduce the job system in the series. Though many spells were far too abuseable like defeat etc.

This is sexy, but the real question is, will it be anywhere near as cool as Slime Morimori Dragon Quest? Or will any game be? Ever?

I'm thinking not. http://mc.aexx.net/bbs/slimey.gif